Gracie Jeffries didn’t expect to visit, eye to eye, with a gray rat snake. But that was her unexpected treat Friday, Jan. 13, when she was the first beneficiary of a close encounter with reptiles in ...

Christmas comes with mounds of wrapping paper, repeated drives to the mall and mountains of stuff, stuff, stuff. Not very green. How to counter that? We wracked our brains to come up with some great ...

A team of scientists has reconstructed a detailed 'tree of life' for turtles. Next generation sequencing technologies have generated unprecedented amounts of genetic information for a thrilling new ...

A mother sea turtle crawls back to the ocean on Thursday, July 5 after Friends of Hunting Island volunteers helped rescue her from under a fallen tree. Friends of Hunting Island Sea Turtle ...

The rescue will be collecting trees at their facility during normal business hours until Saturday. All trees must be free of tinsel and decorations to be accepted. Ariana is the assistant news editor ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals offered a $2,500 reward today for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever taped a box turtle to a cluster of helium balloons and floated ...

A turtle was found dangling from a tree in Oceanside attached to several bright balloons, according to authorities. Chanelle Wright, who first saw the helpless turtle, called animal services to rescue ...

It’s a common enough event: Someone finds a freshwater turtle—possibly a tiny hatchling—and they consider keeping it as a pet. But is it a good idea to keep a wild turtle? Are they difficult to care ...